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One thing people are forgetting about a vehicle terror attack on New Orleans

Posted on 1/3/25 at 2:30 pm
Posted by Brightside Bengal
New Metairie
Member since Sep 2007
3930 posts
Posted on 1/3/25 at 2:30 pm
While the city certainly could have done more to armor the vehicle ingresses & egresses of Bourbon Street in the quarter....

If one wanted to inflict maximum damage, you would simply drive a vehicle down the middle of a parade route (perhaps the St Charles Neutral Ground) during a parade. There is literally no way to prevent vehicles from accessing these ultra high density events. It's difficult to accept, but there is truly is no way to really prevent vehicle terror in New Orleans, and probably many other big event cities.
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
59162 posts
Posted on 1/3/25 at 2:30 pm to
I knew it, but you are right, I forgot it

I don’t remember what you said


Sorry
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
45437 posts
Posted on 1/3/25 at 2:31 pm to
Why would you even bring this up?
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
70175 posts
Posted on 1/3/25 at 2:31 pm to
Stop giving them ideas, man.
Posted by Thib-a-doe Tiger
Member since Nov 2012
36259 posts
Posted on 1/3/25 at 2:31 pm to
The pot holes probably slow it down though
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
45437 posts
Posted on 1/3/25 at 2:32 pm to
They've already thought of this, I'm sure.

My hope is that New Orleans and other cities around Louisiana and the rest of the south prepare in meaningful ways for it to prevent it.
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
Cajun Navy Vice Admiral
Member since Oct 2012
38371 posts
Posted on 1/3/25 at 2:33 pm to
A person could easily kill way more than 15 by driving into a tent or two on the parade grounds before an LSU game. There’s nothing stopping a car from getting on there.


This isn’t to say there’s nothing to do to improve, but you can think up a way to prevent 1000 different terrorist actions, but there’s always going to be someone out there working on the 1001st way to inflict mass casualties.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
50337 posts
Posted on 1/3/25 at 2:38 pm to
You could kill way more at a parade route right before a parade
Posted by Bayou Warrior 64
Member since Feb 2021
587 posts
Posted on 1/3/25 at 2:41 pm to
Sustained public safety is an inconvenience to most levels of government. They all say they are for it, but soon afterwards get distracted into supporting & funding other needier requests such as housing illegals, funding Ukrainian military requests, handouts, etc. This state and country had better wake up. Given the level of illegals that have freely crossed the border in the past several years, the next few years will be very busy. Thank you Uncle Joe POTATUS
Posted by YMCA
It's Fun to Stay
Member since May 2011
4666 posts
Posted on 1/3/25 at 2:52 pm to
quote:

If one wanted to inflict maximum damage, you would simply drive a vehicle down the middle of a parade route (perhaps the St Charles Neutral Ground) during a parade.



NOPD and the FBI have entered the chat.
Posted by BamaCoaster
God's Gulf
Member since Apr 2016
6211 posts
Posted on 1/3/25 at 2:54 pm to
Opened this thread expecting OP to say that the dude would have driven at like midnight or around there.
The fact that he did this at 3am shows willful ignorance.
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
16717 posts
Posted on 1/3/25 at 3:01 pm to
Happened in Wisconsin a few years ago.

quote:

The man suspected of plowing his SUV into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring 48


https://www.koat.com/article/suv-drives-into-crowd-at-waukesha-holiday-parade-multiple-people-injured/38313542

Posted by DevilDagNS
Member since Dec 2017
2890 posts
Posted on 1/3/25 at 3:21 pm to
All of this is true and then combine it with across the board DEI leadership, between Teedy, Chief Grammy and Special Agent nose ring, the results of which are on full display for the entire nation now, and you go to NOLA at your own risk.
Posted by alphaandomega
Tuscaloosa-Here to Serve
Member since Aug 2012
15619 posts
Posted on 1/3/25 at 3:57 pm to
quote:

If one wanted to inflict maximum damage, you would simply drive a vehicle down the middle of a parade route (perhaps the St Charles Neutral Ground) during a parade. There is literally no way to prevent vehicles from accessing these ultra high density events. It's difficult to accept, but there is truly is no way to really prevent vehicle terror in New Orleans, and probably many other big event cities.


A friend who is a retired FBI agent said their greatest fear was someone using a small plane to crash into a football stadium. Something like a crop duster with the spray tanks filled with gasoline. A stadium like Bryant Denny or Tiger Stadium could easily see 10,000 deaths if the plane flew into the stands, worse if the crash caused an upper deck to collapse.
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